{"product_id":"folk-song-in-england","title":"Steve Roud: Folk Song in England [2017] hardback","description":"LONGLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Victorian times, England was famously dubbed the land without music  - but one of the great musical discoveries of the early twentieth  century was that England had a vital heritage of folk song and music  which was easily good enough to stand comparison with those of other  parts of Britain and overseas. Cecil Sharp, Ralph Vaughan Williams,  Percy Grainger, and a number of other enthusiasts gathered a huge  harvest of songs and tunes which we can study and enjoy at our leisure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut  after over a century of collection and discussion, publication and  performance, there are still many things we don't know about traditional  song - Where did the songs come from? Who sang them, where, when and  why? What part did singing play in the lives of the communities in which  the songs thrived? More importantly, have the pioneer collectors'  restricted definitions and narrow focus hindered or helped our  understanding?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first book for many years to  investigate the wider social history of traditional song in England, and  draws on a wide range of sources to answer these questions and many  more.","brand":"Roud, Steve","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49765847728467,"sku":"XV80571309719","price":24.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/roud-steve-folk-song-in-england-xv80571309719-59954639929683.jpg?v=1731041949","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/folk-song-in-england","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}